The Charged armor in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is fairly basic in terms of protection, and it boosts Link’s attack when he’s fighting in a storm. That may not sound like the most useful skill, but it comes in handy when you can’t use your metal weapons and therefore have less to choose from.
The Charged Armor is also tied to a main mission in the game, so you’ll need to pick it up at some point. That said, it’s also one of the best looking armor so you might want to get it ASAP. No reason for Link to look fabulous.
To get the Charged Armor you need to have completed a fair bit of the main quest. Without spoiling anything, after completing the four “Regional Phenomena” quests, there are another quest that will take you to Hyrule Castle. After you complete that, the next main quest will be added to the adventure log when you speak to Purah in Lookout Landing. Once you’ve done that quest, you can get the Charged Armor.
Charged armor location
Talk to Paya Kakariko village. She will be close to the Ring Ruins, at the coordinates (1816, -0953, 0113).
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Again, if you’re too early in the main quest, Paya may be here, but you won’t be able to progress. She will have to open the ring ruins for you, which she won’t do until certain story scenes have occurred.
You can continue this quest by ascending to the ring ruin here and taking a picture of the text inside, then returning to Taurus. If you keep following the quest, you’ll get to Faronin particular, the Popla Foothills Skyview Tower and then the Dracozu Lake. This last part has no quest marker, so just in case the coordinates are (0969, -2532, 0008).
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Here you will find all three parts of the Charged Armor.
Location of the chestpiece of the loaded armor
When you arrive at Dracozu Lake, look for the campfire and the entrance opposite it. (Those coordinates above lead directly to the entrance.)
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Talk to Tauro and after some explanation he will tell you that he found a chest on the level above. Go and open it to receive it Charged shirt. This has a base stat of +3 defense, but also increases your attack during stormy weather.
Location of charged armor legs
You’ll need to find the rest of the pieces of this armor set to continue this quest anyway, so head out of this area and to the left, hugging the wall until you see a white glowing entrance on the other side of the lake.
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Swim across and destroy the debris to get in. Open the box for the Charged pants. Like the chest piece, they have +3 defense and will increase your attack power again in stormy weather.
Location of loaded armor head
Leave this area and turn right to continue following the lake. The next entrance is after the bend and you have to cross again.
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Destroy the vines here with a chopping weapon to enter. In the box will be the Charged headdress. Like the other pieces, it has +3 defense and increases your attack when a storm comes up.
You can now go back to Taurus to continue the quest and enjoy looking great and being extra powerful around lightning!